05/14/2008 Sunken Treasure: Rare Gold Coins Recovered (CBS News)
A steamship that sank off the Louisiana coast during an 1846 storm has produced a trove of rare gold coins, including some produced at two largely forgotten U.S. Mints in the South, coin experts say.
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05/15/2008 Gold coins from Dahlonega found in sunken ship (AccessNorthGA)
NEW ORLEANS - A steamship that sank off the Louisiana coast during an 1846 storm has produced a trove of rare gold coins, including some produced at a mostly forgotten U.S. mint in the Georgia mountain town of Dahlonega, coin experts say.
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05/15/2008 Russia: Prison Terms in Market Bombing (New York Times)
A Moscow court sentenced eight members of a nationalist group who took part in the bombing of a Moscow produce market intending to kill immigrant workers to prison terms of from two years to life.
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05/15/2008 Billion-dollar Cannes film market even bigger this year (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cannes' billion-dollar film market, gathering industry types from across the world, opens Thursday for 10 days of wheeling and dealing with more movies up for grabs than ever before.
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